* Hamshere, J. D. ( 1987 ) " Regressing Domesday Book: Tax Assessments of Domesday England, in: The Economic History Review, New series, Vol.

( 1988 ) " Five Hides in Ten Counties: a Contribution to the Domesday Regression Debate ", in: The Economic History Review, New series, Vol.

Historian Michael Wood ( historian ) discusses the open field system at Laxton in episode 2 " Domesday to Magna Carta " of his television series Michael Wood's Story of England ( TV series ).

The League of Gentlemen book, A Local Book for Local People, released between the second and third series, describes Royston Vasey's history in a brochure, from its beginnings, as mentioned in an appendix to the Domesday Book as " an hutte with a pigge outside " to the construction of the town hall in the late 1930s, as designed by Albert Speer.

Marston's next series was set during the reign of William the Conqueror ; its two main characters, surveyors for Domesday Book, are Ralph Delchard, a Norman soldier, and Gervase Bret, a former novice turned lawyer, who is half Norman and half Saxon.

* Enchanted Land: Half-a-Million Miles in the King's England, Introductory Volume to the UK series known as The King's England-( A New Domesday Book of 10, 000 Towns and Villages )

* Harvey, Dr Sally P. J: Domesday Book and Anglo-Norman Governance in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 5th series, Vol. 25 ( 1975 ) pp. 175 – 193

* Hamshere, J. D. ( 1987 ) " Regressing Domesday Book: Tax Assessments of Domesday England, in: The Economic History Review, New series, Vol.

( 1988 ) " Five Hides in Ten Counties: a Contribution to the Domesday Regression Debate ", in: The Economic History Review, New series, Vol.

The ancient settlement of Brighthelmstone dates from before Domesday Book ( 1086 ), but it emerged as a health resort featuring sea bathing during the 18th century and became a destination for day-trippers from London after the arrival of the railway in 1841.

The predecessor of Ralph the Staller owned most of both Skirbeck and Drayton, so it was a relatively simple task to transfer his business from Drayton, but Domesday Book of 1086, still records his source of income in Boston under the heading of Drayton, so Boston ’ s name is famously not mentioned.

Its Domesday assets were held partly by Picot from Richard de Tonebrige and partly by Radulf ( Ralph ) from the Bishop of Bayeux.

The name of the village derives from Ralph de Paganel ( sometimes spelled Paynell ), a Norman who was a tenant-in-chief in Yorkshire named in the Domesday Book and an extensive landowner.

Abberley is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086-7 as Edboldelege, when it was held by Ralph de Tosny.

In the Domesday Book, the village is called Willetune or Willentune, and the land was held by Ralph Fitzhubert and was an agricultural village on the flood plain of the Trent.

Norton appears in the Domesday Book and some of the people mentioned in its entry are as follows: Aghmund ; Alric ; Alvred ; Azur ; Bisceop ; Count Alan ; Durand ; Edwin ; Fredegis ; Fulcher ; Gilbert ; Godwine ; Ingelrann ; King William as landholder ; Leofnoth ; Leofric ; Leofwine ; Lokki ; Martin ; Nigel ; Ordmaer ; Osmund ; Ralph ; Ralph the steward ; Robert ; Robert, Count of Meulan ; Robert, Count of Mortain ; Sawata ; Scotel ; Segrim ; Siward ; Stenkil ; Thorbiorn ; Thorir ; Walter ; William ; Wulfmaer.

The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded that the Normans William De Ow and Ralph de Mortimer possessed Alestan's and Cheping's manors respectively.

Eckington is recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Echintune ' a manor given to Ralph Fitzhubert Some parts of the parish church of St Peter and St Paul date to 1100.

The principal landholders at the time of the Domesday Survey were the bishop of Chester, the bishop of Hereford, the church of St Remigius, Earl Roger, Osbern Fitz-Richard, Ralph de Mortimer, Roger de Laci, Hugh Lasne and Nicholas Medicus.

Immediately after the Conquest Walcott was given to Robert Malet who died before the Domesday Survey of 1088 when it was granted to Ralph ( Ranulf ), brother of Iger and held by Humphrey, possibly his nephew.

The Domesday Survey records the manor of Biggleswade as being governed by Ralph de Insula ( Ralph de Lisle ), on behalf of the monarch.

In Domesday Book the village is called Ashebi, comprising two manors, in the possession of Ralph Paynel and Kolsveinn of Lincoln.

However, the first written reference to the village occurs in the Domesday Book of 1086, in which Ashover is owned by Ralph fitzHubert and is credited with a church, a priest, several ploughs, a mill.

The Domesday Book of 1086 lists the village as " Brintone ", and identifies Robert FitzGerald and Ralph de Mortimer as the lords of the manors of Shalford and Brimpton respectively.

It was later owned by Ralph de Mortimer ( at the time of the Domesday Survey ) and, subsequently, his son Hugh.

Abberton is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086-7 as Edburghetuna and as Edburgetuna in the Hundred of Winstree, when it was part of the lands of Count Eustace in Essex, held by Ralph de Marcy and further held by Ranulf Peverel in demesne ; it was held by Siward, a free man, as a manor in the time of King Edward before the Norman Conquest of 1066.

Unlike Dethick and Holloway, Lea is mentioned briefly in the Domesday Book when it was spelt Lede and was owned by Ralph fitzHerbert.

At some time before the Domesday Survey Taunton had become a borough with very considerable privileges, and a population of around 1, 500 and 64 burgesses, governed by a portreeve appointed by the bishops.

At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086 the tenant-in-chief of the manor was Archbishop Lanfranc, a stern and very capable man, rivalling the King himself in statesmanship, who had been appointed to the see of Canterbury in 1070 after the Conquest.

The manor of Studley is recorded twice in the Domesday Book mostly as part of the lands of William son of Courbucion ; who was appointed Sherrif of Warwick soon after 1086 ; where it reads, " In Ferncombe Hundred in Stodlei ( Studley ) 4 hides.

The Domesday Book was undertaken in 1086 by William I of England so that he could properly tax the land he had recently conquered in medieval Europe.

To make this system of royal criminal justice more effective, Henry employed the method of inquest used by William the Conqueror in the Domesday Book.

William ordered the compilation of the Domesday Book, a survey of the entire population and their lands and property for tax purposes, which reveals that within twenty years of the conquest the English ruling class had been almost entirely dispossessed and replaced by Norman landholders, who also monopolised all senior positions in the government and the Church.

Hastings was shown as a borough by the time of the Domesday Book ( 1086 ); it had also given its name to the Rape of Hastings, one of the six administrative divisions of Sussex.

The town was recorded as Gressgrava in the Domesday Book, by the late 15th century its name had become Kesgrave.

Before the Norman invasion in 1066, the parish of Higher Mutley was owned by a man Alwin of Tamerton, and Lower Mutley by another man called Goodwin, but at the time of the Domesday Book ( 1086 ) both were owned by Odo, whose feudal overlord was Juhel of Totnes.

In the extreme south of the Lizard was the royal manor of Winnianton which was held by King William I at the time of Domesday Book ( 1086 ) and was also the head manor of the hundred of Kerrier.

At the time of Domesday there was land for 60 ploughs but in the lord's land there were 2 ploughs and in the lands held by villeins 24 ploughs.

At Christmas 1085, William ordered the compilation of a survey of the landholdings of him and his vassals throughout the kingdom, organised by counties, a work now known as the Domesday Book.

* 1086: compilation of the Domesday Book by order of William I of England ; it was similar to a modern day government census, as it was used by William to thoroughly document all the landholdings within the kingdom that could be properly taxed.

* 1086 – The Domesday Book is initiated by William I of England.

* The Domesday survey is commissioned by William I of England, apparently prompted by the abortive invasion of Canute IV of Denmark, to ensure proper taxation and levies.

Staines, albeit spelt Stanes, appears in the Middlesex section of the Domesday Book of 1086, as a property held by Westminster Abbey.

Richard FitzNigel, writing around the year 1179, stated that the book was known by the English as " Domesday ", that is the Day of Judgment " for as the sentence of that strict and terrible last account cannot be evaded by any skilful subterfuge, so when this book is appealed to ... its sentence cannot be put quashed or set aside with impunity.

In August 2006, a limited online version of Domesday Book was made available by the United Kingdom's National Archives site, charging users £ 2 per page to view the manuscript.

It is not known when exactly Domesday Book was compiled, but the entire copy of Great Domesday appears to have been copied out by one person on parchment ( prepared sheepskin ), although six scribes seem to have been used for Little Domesday.

The Inquisitio Eliensis is a record of the lands of Ely Abbey ; and the Exon Domesday ( so called from the preservation of the volume at Exeter ), which covers Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire ( however only one manor of Wiltshire is included and parts of Devon, Dorset and Somerset are also wanting ) also all contain the full details supplied by the original returns.

The printing of Domesday, in " record type ", was begun by the government in 1773, and the book was published, in two volumes, in 1783 ; in 1811, a volume of indexes was added, and in 1816 a supplementary volume, separately indexed, containing